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United States Patent | 5,525,188 |
Ingwersen | June 11, 1996 |
An apparatus for taping wires of a wire harness includes first and second tape application heads interconnected together and disposed proximate to a wire guiding mechanism. Both of the first and second tape application heads have hollow inner cores which communicate with a source of negative air pressure to draw a vacuum in each tape application head which causes a strip of wire tape to adhere to the outer surfaces of the application heads. One of the application heads is brought into contact with a plurality of wires guided across the head, while the second application head rotates around a common axis shared by the two heads, whereby each of the first and second application heads generally oppose each other and apply the strip of tape to the wires.
Inventors: | Ingwersen; Peter (Gilberts, IL) |
Assignee: | Molex Incorporated (Lisle, IL) |
Appl. No.: | 323563 |
Filed: | October 17, 1994 |
Current U.S. Class: | 156/539; 29/743; 29/745; 29/759; 156/52; 156/204; 156/227; 156/285; 156/382; 156/443; 156/510; 156/543; 156/581; 414/737 |
Intern'l Class: | B29C 053/46; B32B 003/04; B32B 005/02; H01B 013/06; 285; 381; 382; 227; 217; 204; 543 |
Field of Search: | 156/47,51,52,53,55,492,443,459,475,483,484,485,494,510,513,539,574,576,580,581 29/743,745,759,728 414/737 |
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